NJAR Board Members
Updated 7/25/07
 
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Jonathan Clay
President & Director of Marketing
Team Ektelon
Team OneShot
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| Jonathan Clay has been a tournament player for over 6 years now, playing tournaments throughout the East Coast, and on the national level in Arizona and Texas. Having played in nearly 100 tournaments in his career, Jonathan has become involved in many facets of racquetball. Currently, he is a regional coordinator for Ektelon, as well as a member of the One Shot Sports team. He owns Jersey Shore Racquet Sports, a full service retail and service racquetball company, and Weekend Warrior Sportswear, a racquetball graphic tee company. He brings this experience and passion for the sport to the NJAR to try to help resurrect tournament racquetball within the state. |
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Aimee Ruiz
Vice President & Director of Memberships/Sanctioning
Team Head
Head/Penn Regional Marketing Coordinator for New Jersey
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| Aimee has been playing racquetball for over 20 years. She grew up playing in Allentown, PA and now is a Jersey Girl thanks to her husband Felix. She has traveled all across the US playing tournaments since she was 12 years old and has numerous national singles and doubles titles, but her greatest accomplishment thus far, has been as a member of the US National Racquetball Team. This is her second year on the team, and last year traveled to the Dominican Republic for the World Championships where she took home the Gold! She also set a USAR record in 2006 for winning 5 consecutive Mixed Open National Doubles Titles. Being Vice President is her way of giving back to the sport that she loves. She believes that all the traveling and tournaments that she has played in will be beneficial in increasing USAR Membership and tournament participation in New Jersey. |
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Gloria Fidecaro
Secretary & Director of Grassroots Events
Team E-Force
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| Gloria Fidecaro has been a racquetball programmer/director in various clubs since 1982. She is currently employed by Hillsborough Pool, Racquet and Fitness and sponsored by E-Force. She has experience organizing Club and Open tournaments, leagues, round robins and drill courts. AmPro certified, she teaches private and group lessons for both children and adults. Gloria is always looking to develop beginner and intermediate level players with a strong focus on juniors and women. |
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Nancy Luyando
Treasurer & Director of Non-Profit Activities
Team E-Force
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| Nancy has been teaching racquetball at Middlesex County College for 15 years, and is the racquetball club mentor at the college. She is also the racquetball director at LA Fitness in the North Brunswick club running their leagues, tournaments and special events. |
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Rick Folger
Director of Junior Programming
Team Ektelon
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| Rick began his exercise career by running which culminated in over ten half marathons and two sub four hour marathons. He then moved on to a boxing regime which lasted about three years and one headache too many. Rick has been playing racquetball since 1975, and is a veteran of many club and amateur tournaments, and two strong national tournament showings. He began teaching in 2001, and it has become the joy of his life to watch young people learning the game he loves so much. “It always delights me to watch children who for the first five weeks cannot hit the ball at all, come in on the sixth week (tournament week) and all of sudden they can do it,” quotes Rick. He holds four ten week courses a year, for children seven to twelve, with a student base of more than 75 kids. He believes that playing is the most important part of teaching the kids. So, he gives the kids fifteen to twenty minutes of instruction and allows the kids to finish by playing. He has a round robin for the kids each Saturday between the hours of twelve to three at the Club at Woodbridge. This class is open to all students or any child may participate at a ten dollar fee. He is currently working on a racquetball after school program. He believes the most important thing a child learns while learning to play racquetball is self-confidence. He considers himself truly lucky to be a position to watch children grow. |
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Joe Camiolo
Director of Logistics
Team Head
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| Joe Camiolo has been an avid racquetball player since 1982. Currently sponsored by Head Racquet Sports he is a member of Hillsborough Pool, Racquet & Fitness Club. He assists in racquetball programming, the organization of Club tournaments, instructional clinics and drill courts. Joe is a motivational force for beginner and intermediate level players offering playing tips and strategies. As a spinning instructor, he also informs players of the benefits of cross training. |
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Joseph Delgado
Web Director
Team Head
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| After taking up racquetball about five years ago, Joe began developing applications, databases, and websites around racquetball. He is the webmaster and owner of “Joe's New Jersey Racquetball” which over the years has been a sounding board for many different projects and the primary focus for people that play Racquetball at Rutgers and other areas around Jersey.
At Rutgers, Joe is the co-owner of the Rutgers Racquetball Listserv with about 190 members and sends out news on upcoming tournaments, rule clarifications, news, and other resources for subscribers at Rutgers, in Jersey, and beyond. |
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Jon Panno
Director of Hospitality
Team Ektelon
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